“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
The Mindanao problem is ultimately a POWER problem – the power of one group over another. It is a problem of colonization. The fact that there was a law called the Legislative Act 4197 or Quirino-Recto Colonization of Mindanao Act, which was enacted on 12 February 1935 is very telling. The Commonwealth considered the Act… Continue reading Federalism for All: Chance for lasting Peace
The Real Story of the Origins of the modern-day Malita There are just so many #FakeNews or #MisInformation or #DisInformation widely disseminated through the World Wide Web that one does not know what to believe anymore. One cannot trust even official government sites or even legal documents like congressional bills. Some may be harmless or… Continue reading MALITA, the town my great-grandparents built
It's the birth anniversary of my eldest brother Macapanton Rashid Yahya Abbas, Jnr. In our family, he was also called Limahong because of his Chinese features. We younger siblings would not dare call him such, except when he was not around. Our parents loved giving their children nicknames, mostly silly ones. When I was in… Continue reading Remembering Big Brother Jun Abbas
Remember, rememberRamadhan 14382017 May to NovemberSuch Islamophobic hatewith False Flag Terrorof Treachery and PlotWe know of no reason forMarawi's rape to ever be forgot! Because of the Gaza Genocide, most of the world now understand what Islamophobia means, if they still haven't understood it despite decades of the West's "War on Terror" (read War on… Continue reading Islamophobia, Marawi and the Bangsa Moro
Is there a connection between the Battle of Bayang in Lanao, Bangsa Moro in 1902 and the Battle of Karbala in Iraq in 680 CE? A distance of 7900 kilometers and a period of 1222 years separate them.In May 1902, some 1,200 American soldiers attacked two Mranao cottas in the pangampong (state or principality) of… Continue reading Battle of Bayang in Moroland, Battle of Karbala in Iraq and my great-grandfather
With the explosion of Information Technology, the amount of misinformation and disinformation multiplied since it can now be shared and distributed worldwide with just a click on the keyboard. And it remains in cyberspace, perhaps forever. Seemingly innocuous information could easily pass for facts.I just saw on the Internet such misinformation about my father. Actually,… Continue reading Misinformation, Disinformation, or Lack of Research ?
August 3, was the death anniversary of my father, Macapanton Abbas, Sr. I was just 5 and a half years old when he passed away, so I don't really know much about him, esp. when he was a young man. For whatever I remember of him, he was already an old man. He was already… Continue reading Macapanton Abbas, Sr. as a Young Man
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 